Mahershala Ali Cries Recalling ‘Moonlight’ Scene, Keeps Quiet on ‘Spider-Verse’ at London Talk: ‘I’ve Got to Be Careful’

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Mahershala Ali broke down in tears on stage at the BFI London Film Festival on Saturday as he recalled the young boy at the heart of “Moonlight.”

The Barry Jenkins drama won him one of his two Oscars and recently marked its 10th anniversary.

During a Screen Talk hosted by Amon Warmann, Ali was discussing the dinner-table scene in which young Chiron asks Juan, the drug dealer Ali plays, whether he sells drugs. “You see this like crisis for this young boy who’s already in crisis,” he said. “It’s really heartbreaking.”

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